Moderators: Golam Mathbor,
Professor in the School of Social Work at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA; Sanchita B. Saxena,
Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies; Executive Director, Institute for South Asia Studies; Jason Cons,
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin; Raka Ray,
Professor of Sociology and South and Southeast Asian Studies, UC Berkeley; Angana Chatterji,
Co-chair, Political Conflict, Gender and People's Rights Project and Visiting Research Anthropologist at the Center for Race and Gender at UC Berkeley; Jeanne Marecek,
Professor Emerita of Psychology, Swarthmore College; Frank Korom,
Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University; Sufia Uddin,
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Connecticut College; Lawrence Cohen,
Professor of Anthropology and South & Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley

10-10:30 a.m.: Bokhtiar Ahmed, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Rajshahi
Representing the Rohingya: A Critique of Identity Discourse and Historical Convictions on the Ethnocide
(Jason Cons, Discussant)

10:30-11 a.m.: Fhamida Yasmin, Assistant Professor of Gender and Womens Studies, University of Dhaka.
The Intertwined Relationship between Flood, Livelihood, and Gender in Two Bangladeshi Villages
(Golam Mathbor, Discussant)

11-11:15: Break

11:15-11:45 a.m.: Seuty Sabur, Associate Professor of Anthropology, BRAC University
Womens Agency within Left Political Parties, Sisterhood and the Birth of Feminist organizations in Bangladesh
(Raka Ray, Discusssant)

11:45-12:15 p.m.:Kajalie Shehreen Islam, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka
Hate Speech as Political Communication: The media framing of the Hindu Other in wartime East Pakistan
(Angana Chatterji, Discussant)

12:15-12:45 p.m.: Janaki Jayawardena, Lecturer of History, University of Colombo
Believing in Democracy: thoughts of women on democracy and political participation in Sri Lanka
(Jeanne Marecek, Discussant)

12:45-1:30 p.m.: Lunch

1:30-2 p.m.: Khadija Mitu, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Chittagong
Managing Self and Making Reproductive Choice for the Future: Contextualizing the Practices of New Medical Technologies for Freezing Gametes
(Jeanne Marecek, Discussant)

2:45-3:15 p.m.: Fahmida Akhter, Associate Professor of Drama and Dramatics, Jahangirnagar University
Shilalipi and the de-aestheticization of woman: the making of a Bangladeshi womens cinema
(Sufia Uddin, Discussant)

3:15-3:45 p.m.: Harisur Rahman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Sociology, North South University
From Partition to Hegemony: Bangladesh and Bangladeshi Films in the South Asian Context
(Lawrence Cohen, Discussant)

3:45-4 p.m.:
Wrap Up, Closing Remarks

Established in 2013 with a generous gift from the Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at UC Berkeley champions the study of Bangladeshs cultures, peoples and history. The first of its kind in the US, the Centers mission is to create an innovative model combining research, scholarships, the promotion of art and culture, and the building of ties between institutions in Bangladesh and the University of California.